Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art of a recent China Radio international broadcast plus radiofax transmissions from the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
Carlos notes:
Part of news bulletin from China Radio International about Super Typhoon Yagi. Listened in downtown Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Frequency of 13640 kHz.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Bonus: Super typhoon Yagi (Enteng) via radiofax from Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau and Japan Meteorological Agency, received at the campus of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil (see photo below):
Compare the image quality of analog radio fax with Digital Radio Mondiale on https://gge.ext.unb.ca/test/SWL/2018-0568a%20DRM%20REPORT%20final%20PDF%20UDI%201732.pdf page 30 as well as
https://youtu.be/9yYAsjlT-dY?list=PLW34s6a9N5kJLb7FPGPiFvZ7LaLUmP6lH colour images, transmitted whilst the sound continues.
For all that like to know, a long wire is the full size length of the received wavelength. In case of 1364O kHz it will be about 21 meters. No need for a portable radio which can cope with half this length. Longer antennas can cause overload.
Nine post, just the frequencies and time of transmissions info would be appreciated. Shanghai is difficult to get hold on these days as they seem not to transmit many times a day.
73′ Ron
Hi Ron. Usually in Brazil I get radiofax from Shanghai at 20h UTC, 16559 kHz. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro!
Hello Ron, usually in Brazil I get radiofax from Shanghai at 20h UTC, 16559 kHz.
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro.
Hallo Carlos,
die von Ihnen gezeichneten “Kunstwerke” begeistern mich immer wieder. Toll in Scene gebracht.
Ich habe viele Jahre als Technischer Zeichner gearbeitet….aber so etwas habe ich nicht geschafft. Hi.
Machen Sie weiter so!
Gruss
Willi DF9XZ
Wie wäre es, wenn Sie wie ich einige illustrierte Radiohörberichte erstellen würden? Dann kannst du es an Thomas schicken, dem es sicherlich gefallen wird, und es auf Swling Post veröffentlichen. Grüße aus Brasilien!
Hi Thomas, Carlos and the SWLing Clan,
I live in Hong Kong, storm warning signal 8 was raised at 6.20pm local time (5 September here – 8 hours ahead of GMT).
“Super Typhoon Yagi” as she’s been designated is some 300+ km away from Hong Kong but we’re now receiving our share of rain, thunder, lightning and storm force gusts. As I write this the Hong Kong Observatory shipping forecast reports:
“ Maximum winds near the centre are estimated to be 115 knots.
Radius of over 33 knot winds 210 nautical miles.
Radius of over 47 knot winds 90 nautical miles.
Radius of over 63 knot winds 60 nautical miles.
Radius of over 2 metre waves 240 nautical miles.”
And for Hong Kong itself, reports at 21.45hrs local time:
“ In the past hour, the maximum sustained winds recorded at Ngong Ping, Cheung Chau Beach and Waglan Island were 95, 84 and 83 kilometres per hour with maximum gusts exceeding 121, 106 and 100 kilometres per hour respectively.”
Typhoon Days in Asia Pacific are like Snow Days in more temperate climes.
Schools, banks, offices etc are closed.
One has to sympathise with children who previously would have had the day off. But since the advent of Covid and online classes, now don’t have the day off and instead endure online classes….
I’ve enjoyed messing about with a few of my radios this evening, including a Qodosen that arrived this afternoon – more on all of that separately…
Thought friends might be interested to hear from someone near Typhoon Yagi ….
73
Julian
Definitely yes, Julian. Thank you very much for your detailed information and please keep us posted. Stay safe.
By the way Julian, if possible, please, send Thomas some radio reports from Hong Kong about the typhoon. It’s always interesting to know what local stations are saying.
I love your drawings, Carlos. Funny, when I saw the phrase”Typhoon Yagi” the first thing to come to mind was some sort of new directional antenna design, lol.
Thanks Mike. This typhoon is now a super one, about to land in China with winds of 230 km/h. A real monster!!!
Hi Jock, I think a 10 meters long wire is a looong looong wire. Hehehe!
About the drawings, sometimes is hard to reduce all the necessary information of a radio listening in a single artwork, but I have a lot of fun in the process, and it’s always great to share the results with you all. 🙂
Carlos,
I really enjoy your posts!
. . . But I just noticed something . . . 2.9 meters . . . you call that a “long” wire?!!
I wonder what you could do with, say, 10 meters of wire?
In addition, I admire your artwork; when I draw something, I usually have to spend several minutes trying to explain what it represents (because no one can figure it out).
Cheers, Jock